Lowly

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -əʊli

Origin

From low + -ly.

Full definition of lowly

Adjective

1. Not high; not elevated in place; low.
• Drydenlowly lands
2. Low in rank or social importance.
• Alexander PopeOne common right the great and lowly claims.
3. Not lofty or sublime; humble.
• Drydenthese rural poems, and their lowly strain
4. Having a low esteem of one's own worth; humble; meek; free from pride.
• Bible, Matthew xi. 29Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me, for I am meek and lowly in heart.

Adverb

1. In a low manner; humbly; meekly; modestly.
• 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book XXI:And there was none of these other knyghtes but they redde in bookes and holpe for to synge Masse, and range bellys, and dyd lowly al maner of servyce.
2. In a low condition; meanly.